June 10, 1877

Happiness the Privilege and Duty of Christians   “Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, (he shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall he found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.”— Deuteronomy xxxiii. 29.   THESE …

Deuteronomy:33:29

June 10, 1877

Life and the Path to It   “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” — Psalm xvi. 11.   I THINK you must have noticed, while I was reading the Psalm from which my text is taken, that I expounded it partly …

Psalms:16:11

June 7, 1877

Causes and Cure of Fainting   “He giveth power to the faint.” — Isaiah xl. 29.   THE connection in which these words stand is very suggestive. The previous verse says, “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There …

Isaiah:40:29

June 3, 1877

A Business-Like Account   “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win …

Philippians:3:7-9

June 3, 1877

Nevertheless at Thy Word     “Nevertheless at thy word.” — Luke v. 5.   June 3rd, 1877 OUR Lord Jesus Christ had preached a sermon to the multitude while he was sitting down in Peter’s boat; and after the people had gone, he had a private message for Simon. He said to him, “Launch out into the deep, and let …

Luke:5:5

May 27, 1877

The Heavenly Wind   “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”— John iii. 8.   THE Holy Spirit is to be admired, not only for the great truths which he teaches us in …

John:3:8

May 13, 1877

All Things are Ready. Come.   “Come, for all things are now ready.”— Luke xiv. 17.   THIS invitation was first of all made to the Jews, but it seems to me to have a peculiar appropriateness to ourselves. It is later in the day than when first the Lord was here, and therefore the supper time is evidently …

Luke:14:17

May 13, 1877

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men   “And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? …

Matthew:9:27-30

May 10, 1877

Faith: Life   “The just shall live by his faith.” — Habakkuk ii. 4. “The just shall live by faith.” — Romans i. 17. “The just shall live by faith.” — Galatians iii. 11. “Now the just shall live by faith.” — Hebrews x. 38.   THE fact that these words are so frequently found in the Word of God is a …

Habakkuk:2:4

May 9, 1877

All the People at Work for Jesus   I HAVE taken two texts from two successive chapters of the book of Joshua: the first is from Joshua the seventh, at the third verse. The spies who were sent to Ai returned to Joshua and said to him, “Let not all the people go up; hut let about …

Joshua:7:3